What is Live Green?

Live Green! is Iowa State University's campus-wide sustainability initiative encouraging all students, faculty, and staff to be fully committed to and engaged in making our campus, its operations, and initiatives as "green" as possible.

The Live Green! initiative began in 2008, and offered two challenges to all students, faculty, and staff:

To be a leader in sustainability among land grant institutions.

To recognize that the involvement and dedication of every member of the Iowa State University community is critical to achieving this goal.

Four Foundation Pillars

To ensure that students, faculty, and staff have access to tools and resources necessary to achieve these goals, four foundation pillars were put into place: